Sidecar Pattern
A deployment pattern where a secondary container runs alongside a primary application to handle supporting features like logging or networking.
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Related terms
A dedicated infrastructure layer that manages service-to-service communication, security, and traffic routing across distributed applications.
ContainerizationThe practice of packaging an application and its dependencies into portable containers that run consistently across different environments.
DockerAn open-source containerization platform for building, packaging, distributing, and running applications as isolated containers across different environments.
KubernetesK8sAn open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, networking, and management of containerized applications across clusters of machines, making it a standard platform for running production AI and cloud-native workloads.
API GatewayA service that acts as a single entry point for APIs, routing requests while handling authentication, rate limiting, monitoring, and other cross-cutting concerns.